Are you an experienced, compassionate, and clinically credible leader with a passion for improving care for older adults?
We are seeking an exceptional Older Adult Community Matron to join our Community Mental Health Team on a one-year fixed-term basis. This is a pivotal senior clinical leadership role focused on delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to older adults with complex mental health needs in the community.
As a Community Matron, you will provide expert clinical leadership across the CMHT, supporting individuals with complex, frail, and often co-morbid mental and physical health needs. You will play a key role in:
Leading on case management for high-risk and complex patients, ensuring proactive, coordinated care
Driving quality, safety, and patient experience improvements across the service
Supporting admission avoidance and timely discharge, working closely with inpatient services and system partners
Providing clinical supervision and leadership to nursing and multi-disciplinary colleagues
Embedding personalised, recovery-focused care planning, ensuring the patient voice is central
Strengthening partnership working with primary care, social care, acute services, and the voluntary sector
This is an opportunity to shape and strengthen community provision for older adults at a time of transformation. You will be part of a forward-thinking, supportive leadership team committed to:
Delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care
Reducing health inequalities for older people
Supporting staff wellbeing and professional development
Driving innovation in community mental health
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
